Word: parlous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other 25 U.S. correspondents in the U.S.S.R., and has shown a flair for finding stories that irk the sensibilities of the Kremlin. This month, for instance, Newsweek carried Nagorski's report on the anxieties of draft-age youths in Tajikistan, a republic bordering the Soviet client government of parlous Afghanistan. Earlier he had detailed the fondness of ranking bureaucrats for racy Western films that are banned for the Soviet masses, and had exposed the bribes extracted by a circus director who chose which performers traveled abroad. More consequential, in April Newsweek nettled the Soviets with a decidedly premature cover...
...labor force, are unemployed, a rise of 15% since Mitterrand took office. Inevitably, the franc has come under attack as confidence in Socialist economic management has dwindled. Since March, France's central bank has spent about $8 billion to support its currency, leaving the government with a parlous $2.7 billion in reserves...
...descent into a sea of polyester leisure suits at the Americana Hotel or a lengthy sojourn in a Ukrainian cafeteria in the east twenties. Though craven in the utmost, he dashes off to Djibouti or Jakarta at a moments notice, spewing out words along the way like "henbane," "anchor," "parlous," "jardiniere" as well as an occasional "zounds" or "sweet-patootie". A cultural sponge that oozes erudition and arcana, he recalls Yeats in the same breath that he expounds on an ancient tooth powder advertisement. No matter what guise he shows up in, Perelman's persona is a curious mixture...
Each side blames the other for the parlous state of the Polish economy. The party leadership criticizes the union, claiming that strikes and obstruction have cut productivity during the past year. The union blames the government and the party for a decade of mismanagement under Edward Gierek, who was ousted last year after the rise of Solidarity. Poland has a skilled labor force, ample farm land and considerable mineral wealth, but Gierek's grandiose heavy-industry schemes have left the country virtually bankrupt and $27 billion in debt to the West. And Solidarity now goes further: it has zeroed...
Given the still parlous state of the economy, it is uncertain whether Reagan as President will press for the program espoused by Reagan the candidate. The former California Governor has by no means disavowed his campaign-trail proposals to cut personal and corporate taxes, increase defense spending and reduce the federal deficit-or his assertion that the economy can be returned to health without much cost to Americans in terms of lowered standards of living. Reagan endorses the views of so-called supply-siders like Congressman Jack Kemp and former Treasury Secretary William Simon, who want to spur growth...